Francesco Maselli
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Francesco Maselli (9 December 1930 – 21 March 2023), also known as Citto Maselli , was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born into a well educated family (his father was an art critic) originally from the Molise region, Maselli graduated from the Italian National Film School in 1949 and began his career as an assistant and assistant director for Luigi Chiarini , Michelangelo Antonioni , and Luchino Visconti. After directing several short documentary and fiction films, he gave his feature film debut with the World War II drama Abandoned (1955), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Following a series of minor films, Maselli had greater success with Silver Spoon Set (1960, also titled The Dolphins ) and Time of Indifference (1964), an adaptation of a novel by Alberto Moravia.
In the 1970s, Maselli turned to openly left-wing political films, notably Open Letter to a newspaper of the evening (1970) and The Suspect (1975), before shifting to more intimate films centered on female protagonists in the 1980s such as A Tale of Love (1986) and The Secret (1990).
In 2021, Maselli was honored with a retrospective at the Venice Film Festival, where many of his films had seen their premiere. Maselli died in Rome on 21 March 2023, at the age of 92.
Behind the Camera
Intolerance
Director
Il segreto
Director, Escritor
Il sospetto
Director, Guionista, Historia
Cronaca di un amore
Guionista, First Assistant Director
Gli indifferenti
Director, Dialogue, Guionista
Gli sbandati
Director, Guionista
L'amore in città
Director
Fai in fretta ad uccidermi... ho freddo!
Historia, Director
La donna del giorno
Guionista, Director
Siamo donne
Assistant Director
I delfini
Director, Guionista, Historia
All Human Rights for All
Director
Ruba al prossimo tuo
Director, Guionista
La primavera del 2002 - L'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma
Director
Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera
Director, Escritor
L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer
Director
Storia d'amore
Director, Guionista
La señora sin camelias
Guionista, First Assistant Director
Codice privato
Guionista, Director
Le italiane e l'amore
Director, Guionista
Civico zero
Director
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
First Assistant Director
Le ombre rosse
Historia, Director
Patto col diavolo
Assistant Director
L'alba
Historia, Director, Guionista
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Director
Scossa
Director
L'amorosa menzogna
Assistant Director
I bambini al cinema
Director
As Actor/Actress
Amarcord
Bongioanni (uncredited)
La terrazza
Citto Maselli
E la nave va
Guardiano del Rinoceronte (uncredited)
Cesare Zavattini
Self
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Self
Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera
L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer
Self
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Alfonso Sansone - produttore per caso
Self
Gillo: Le donne, i cavalier, l'armi, gli amori
Self
Le Passeur immobile
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Indagine su un cittadino di nome Volonté
Self - Interviewee
Uomini forti
Self